Arsenal, Chelsea and Tottenham all entered the October international break off the back of impressive victories. The Gunners beat West Ham United on Saturday afternoon while Chelsea scored a last-minute winner to claim all three points against Liverpool, all after Spurs kicked off the weekend's action by defeating Leeds United.

The three London club's have not faced off yet and have thus endured differing fixture schedules with Arsenal arguably having the harder run.

Trips to Manchester United, Liverpool and Newcastle United have already been navigated by Mikel Arteta's side along with facing Manchester City at Emirates Stadium.

On facing the likes of Burnley and Sunderland up next after a difficult opening, Arteta said: "We know how difficult those games are going to be, but we wanted to come here because we had some very difficult fixtures, playing some of the top teams, some of them away as well, with some big injuries as well.

"We had to adjust a lot of things with some players that were coming as well from big injuries and surgeries in the first few weeks of the season.

"So, it's been a challenge, but the team has been, I think, very convincing...